The New Mexico state supreme court has ruled: in a state whose constitution does not mention any limitations of the gender of people apply fo marriage licenses, it would be a violation of the state constitution to deprive same-sex couples of the right to a marriage license.
So that makes 17 states, plus the District of Columbia that have marriage equality.
If you look at the population of those states, 39% of the American people now live in one of those jurisdictions.
It has become legal in 9 of those 17 states in the year 2013: Maryland, Rhode Island, Minnesota, Delaware, California, New Jersey, Illinois, Hawaii, and New Mexico.
A full sweep ordered by SCOTUS shouldn't be too much longer in coming. I'm predicting that it will involve the consequences of eliminating DADT in the military. We now have service men and women stationed at bases in states that do not allow gay marriage -- which leads to unequal treatment of some of our military personnel.
The walls are crumbling. It won't be long now.
Ralph
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